Since the announcement of the date for Britain’s In-Out EU referendum (June 23), the liberal media has been flooded with misinformation about what would happen if we were to leave. We are told that a…Read more…
Anniversary of Dresden Fire Bombing
Allied War Crime Prelude to the Cold War – Dougal MacDonald – On the night of February 13-14, 1945, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber command carried out two devastating attacks on the German…Read more…
LOBOs and debt servicing of Council Tax Income
I am astonished at this graph. Why? Will tackle Executive on these figures. Read more…
ENO Chorus dispute settled
Thanks to everyone who supported ENO Chorus singers by signing their petitionRead more…
Decent work for all
Unite Scotland community and youth activists will tell delegates to the Scottish Labour Party spring conference tomorrow (March 19) that growing trade union membership is the remedy to the rise of…Read more…
‘The best hope’
Unite has today (March 18) announced that it will campaign for the country to remain a member of the European Union. The union’s 63-strong executive council, drawn from workplaces across…Read more…
‘Before it’s too late’
European leaders are meeting today (March 18) to firm up action that must be taken to save Europe’s beleaguered steel industry. The Brussels summit comes on the heels of measures that the…Read more…
Want to be a trustee of There for you?
Union’s welfare charity seeks applications from experienced UNISON activists to fill six elected positions on board of trustees
The article Want to be a trustee of There for you? first appeared on…Read more…
Stand up to Racism demo: refugees welcome
On Saturday 19 March thousands of people will join the Stand up to Racism demonstration and rally in Central London to voice their opposition to inhumane way that the government has dealt with the…Read more…
Sticking with the union: Why the EU referendum matters to working Britons
I grew up in Oxford and I was living there the last time we had a referendum, back in 1975. Only then, of course it was called the EEC, the European Economic Community. My dad worked at the Cowley car works and was a shop steward there. He was anti the EEC because he didn’t…
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COHSE (UNISON) LGBT
COHSE was one of the first unions to officially back LGBT Rights and was very active in the campaign to stop Clause 28
Unlike the Royal College of Nursing, Who’s Vice President Baroness Cox was one of the main advocates of the Clause
Student Nurse Campaign 2016
Junior Doctors Strike 2016
Junior Doctors Strike 1975
Amazon turkers appeal to union help at UNI Europa 16
“Amazon turkers need unions; your passion, experience and knowledge.”Read more…
Khan Light Brigade
Unison’s Labour MEPs are in for services, rights and jobs
Some great reasons from UNISON MEPs on staying “IN” the European Union. Check out also the website “Another Europe is Possible”.
“Unison’s Labour MEPs: Theresa Griffin, Jude Kirton-Darling, Richard Howitt, Mary Honeyball, Linda McAvan and Claude Mor…Read more…
Disability cuts – a warped sense of priorities
The government’s decision to slash Personal Independence Payments (PIP) whilst giving a tax cut to those earning comfortably more than the average UK salary shows a warped sense of priorities.
The…Read more…
EU: Vote for democracy and hope
When I vote for Britain to remain in the EU in June, and when I argue for the members of my union and others to do likewise in the months ahead, I will not be voting for the status quo. I will…Read more…
‘Between a rock and a hard place’
Deliveries of fresh produce – a top business priority for the Co-op – will be severely hit when more than 700 of its drivers stage a two-day strike next week in the dispute over transferring drivers…Read more…